Pencil-point protector.



PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

' P. G. BENSON.

PENCIL POINT PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED .TULY19,1906.

WITNESSES: 47/6 ATTORNEX UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. FRANK e. BENSON, OF VANCOUVER, BRirisHeoLUMBIA, CANADA. PENCIL-POINT PRCTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1 1, 1906.

Application filed July 19, 1906. Serial No. 326.909.

, The invention is fully described in the following s ecification, which explains the particular fbrm of the device and the reason therefor, reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device,

showing it applied to pencil in the rotection of its point; and Fig. 2, a section 0 the same, showing its position when the pencil is in use. In the drawiiws the lead-pencil to which the device is app lied is represented by 2.

The protector consists of a hollow cylindrical portion 3, adapted to the dimension of the pencil and split, as at 4, to enable it to have a resilient hold upon pencils varying slightly in size. Integral with the cylindrical portion 2 is a oint-protecting portion 5-, internally conoidal 6 at the extreme end of the conoid to permit the sharpened lead of the pencil to be projccted when it is required for use. It is to facilitate this movement of the protector up the pencil to project the lead through the aperture 6 that .the protecting ortion 5 is made internally conoldal, as wit 1 that form,

even if the wood of the pencil is irregularlycut or cut with a short point, one or other of which is frequently the case, if any lead at all projects beyond the wood it will be allowed to pass through the aperture 6; whereas, if the inner side of 3 were merely conical the inside of the who would contact and having an aperture i with the wood and prevent the end of the pencil passing far enoiwh in to roperly expose the lead. Where the cylir fdrical form of 3 merges into the conoidal form of 5, a circumferential knurled bead 7 is provided, designed to afford. a hold for the finger and thumb in sliding theprotector on. the pencil and adding finish to the device.

I am aware that prior to my invention pencil-point protectors have been used and patented having the general appearance of my device and ap licabl to a leadpencil in a similar manner ut in all with which I am acquainted the protecting portion has invariably been conical internally and have been. provided with various additions, such. as erascrs orv pencil-sharpeners.

What I therefore claim as my invention, and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is-

l. A pencil-pointprotector comprising a c lindrical portion adapted to be endwise sl idable on a pencil and a point-shield internally conoidal and having an aperture through the end of the conoid.

2. A pencil-point protector comprising a cylindrical portion adapted to be endwise slidable on a pencil, and integral therewith an internally-conoidal point-shield having an aperture through the end of theconoid.

3, A pencil-point protector comprising a cylindrical portion adapted to be endwise slidable on apencil and cut to afford resilience thereon, and an internally-conoidal point-shield integral 'with the cylindrical portion and having an aperture through the end of the conoid.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of t'wo subscribing witnesses.

FRANK G. BENSON.

' /Vitnesses:

J. B. BELL, ROWLAND BRITTAIN. 

